Amphibians

Many amphibians have moist skin and live near water or in damp places. Most frogs develop from aquatic tadpoles into adults with legs.

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• Cerro Enmedio moss salamander Nototriton lignicola

  

  A small salamander known from mountains in Honduras. Its recorded range covers a limited part of that mountainous landscape.

• European Tree Frog Hyla arborea

  

  In a survey in western Zealand Flanders, the maximum number of males calling in one night helped estimate the seasonal male population in pools.

• Common Midwife Toad Alytes obstetricans

  

  This frog carries eggs wrapped around the male’s hind legs.

• Japanese fire-bellied newt Cynops pyrrhogaster

  

  A newt of rice fields and ponds on Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, with a dark back and a red belly patterned in black.

• Rhinella mirandaribeiroi

  

  A toad found in the South American Cerrado, a landscape that includes open grasslands and savanna.

• Common frog Rana temporaria

  

  A long-legged frog of damp woods and meadows that lays its eggs in water.

• African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis

  In captive trials, tadpole growth and development changed in water treated with pesticides.